Falk Poenisch, PhD, DABR

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Jaoude JA, Lau A, Yuan Y, Meimoun NS, De B, Liao K, Kouzy R, Nieves-Jimenez HR, Poenisch F, Balter PA, Brock KK, Sawakuchi GO, Vauthey J, Tzeng CD, Shamsutdinova D, Lazar AJ, Chatterjee D, Holliday EB, Smith GL, Minsky BD, Das P, Koong AC, Sunyoung, Lee S, Tran Cao HS, Javle M, Kwong L, Koay EJ, Ludmir EB. Clinicogenomic and Histopathologic Analyses of Supermassive Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and the Role of Ablative Radiotherapy. Clin Cancer Res 32(10):2079-2087, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41923341.
2. Li, Y, Martin, RM, Chung, CV, Aguilar, MA, Matias, CA, Delgado, A, Nair, S, Court, LE, Perles, LA, Sahoo, N, Zhu, XR, Poenisch, F, Flint, DB, Sawakuchi, GO, Beddar, S, Koay, EJ, Baker, JS, Ludmir, EB, Niedzielski, JS. Novel pencil-beam scanning proton lattice radiation therapy for the treatment of bulky liver cancer: dosimetric comparison with VMAT-lattice radiotherapy. Front Oncol 15:1731259, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41716710.
3. Hahn, EA, Pugh, S, Lu, HL, Vela, AM, Gillespie, EF, Nichols, EM, Wright, JL, MacDonald, SM, Cahlon, O, Baas, C, Braunstein, L, Fang, LC, Freedman, GM, Jimenez, RB, Kesslering, C, Mishra, M, Mutter, R, Ohri, N, Rosen, LR, Urbanic, JJ, Jagsi, R, Mitchell, SA, Bekelman, JE, Cella, D, Godette, K, Patel, SA, Langen, KM, Zielan, RR, DeBlois, D, Pang, D, Rudra, S, Benhabib, S, Chawla, A, Chen, K, Dadkhah, H, Majithia, L, Rao, AD, Stephenson, L, Wang, P, Croog, V, Li, H, Smith, KL, Stinson, S, Walker, AJ, Poenisch, F, Hoffman, K, Joyner, MM, Mitchell, MP, Smith, B, Strom, EA. Validation of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer Receiving Comprehensive Nodal Irradiation in the RadComp Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 120(1):149-161, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38739047.
4. Wang, L, Sanders, JW, Ward, JF, Lee, SR, Poenisch, F, Swanson, DM, Sahoo, N, Zhu, XR, Ma, J, Kudchadker, RJ, Choi, S, Nguyen, Q, Mayo, LL, Shah, SJ, Frank, SJ. A Novel Polymer-Encapsulated Multi-Imaging Modality Fiducial Marker with Positive Signal Contrast for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy. Cancers 16(3), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38339376.
5. Cesar, J, Abouzahr, F, Crespo, P, Gajda, M, Kuo, AS, Mawlawi, O, Morozov, A, Ojha, A, Poenisch, F, Proga, M, Sahoo, N, Seco, J, Takaoka, T, Tavienier, S, Titt, U, Wang, X, Zhu, X, Lang, K. First PET Studies of a FLASH Proton Beam. Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems 20:49-54, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
6. Abouzahr F, Cesar JP, Crespo P, Gajda M, Hu Z, Klein K, Kuo AS, Majewski S, Mawlawi O, Morozov A, Ojha A, Poenisch F, Proga M, Sahoo N, Seco J, Takaoka T, Tavernier S, Titt U, Wang X, Zhu XR, Lang K. The first probe of a FLASH proton beam by PET. Phys. Med. Biol 68:235004, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
7. Cao W, Li Y, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Yepes P, Sahoo N, Grosshans D, McGovern S, Gunn GB, Frank SJ, Zhu XR. Intensity modulated proton arc therapy via geometry-based energy selection for ependymoma. J Appl Clin Med Phys 24(7):e13954, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36913484.
8. Abouzahr F, Cesar JP, Crespo P, Gajda M, Hu Z, Kaye W, Klein K, Kuo AS, Majewski S, Mawlawi O, Morozov A, Ojha A, Poenisch F, Polf JC, Proga M, Sahoo N, Seco J, Takaoka T, Tavernier S, Titt U, Wang X, Zhu XR, Lang K. The first PET glimpse of a proton FLASH beam. Phys Med Biol 68(12), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37141903.
9. Zhu, XR, Li, Y, Yang, M, Whitaker, TJ, Taylor, PA, Zhang, X, Poenisch, F, Sahoo, N, Liao, Z, Chang, JY. Stereotactic body proton therapy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer - Technical challenges and solutions. J Radiosurg SBRT 9(1):75-82, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38029015.
10. Chen, M, Cao, W, Yepes, P, Guan, F, Poenisch, F, Xu, C, Chen, J, Li, Y, Vazquez, I, Yang, M, Zhu, XR, Zhang, X. Impact of dose calculation accuracy on inverse linear energy transfer optimization for intensity-modulated proton therapy. Precis Radiat Oncol 7(1):36-44, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 40336617.
11. Tang TT, Zawaski JA, Kesler S, Beamish CA, Inoue T, Perez EC, Bronk L, Poenisch F, Briere TM, Sabek OM, Grosshans DR, Waleed Gaber M. Cognitive and Imaging Differences After Proton and Photon Whole Brain Irradiation in a Preclinical Model. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 112(2):554-564, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34509550.
12. Pasalic D, Strom EA, Allen PK, Williamson TD, Poenisch F, Amos RA, Woodward WA, Stauder MC, Shaitelman SF, Smith BD, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Hoffman KE. Proton Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Clinical Outcomes at a Planned Interim Analysis of a Prospective Phase 2 Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 109(2):441-448, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32946965.
13. Chen M, Yepes P, Hojo Y, Poenisch F, Li Y, Chen J, Xu C, He X, Gunn GB, Frank SJ, Sahoo N, Li H, Zhu XR, Zhang X. Transitioning from measurement-based to combined patient-specific quality assurance for intensity-modulated proton therapy. Br J Radiol 93(1107):20190669, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31799859.
14. Moyers MF, Toth TL, Sadagopan R, Chvetsov A, Unkelbach J, Mohan R, Lesyna DA, Lin L, Li Z, Poenisch F, Newhauser WD, Vatnitsky SM, Farr JB. Physical Uncertainties in the Planning and Delivery of Light Ion Beam Treatments. AAPM Report No 202, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
15. Yang Z, Li H, Li Y, Li Y, Chang Y, Li Q, Yang K, Wu G, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Gillin M, Zhu XR, Zhang X. Statistical evaluation of worst-case robust optimization intensity-modulated proton therapy plans using an exhaustive sampling approach. Radiat Oncol 14(1):129, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31324257.
16. Yang Z, Chang Y, Brock KK, Cazoulat G, Koay EJ, Koong AC, Herman JM, Park PC, Poenisch F, Li Q, Yang K, Wu G, Anderson B, Ohrt AN, Li Y, Zhu XR, Zhang X, Li H. Effect of setup and inter-fraction anatomical changes on the accumulated dose in CT-guided breath-hold intensity modulated proton therapy of liver malignancies. Radiother Oncol 134:101-109, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31005203.
17. Cao W, Khabazian A, Yepes P, Lim G, Poenisch F, Grosshans D, Mohan R. Reply to Comment on 'Linear energy transfer incorporated intensity modulated proton therapy optimization'. Phys Med Biol 64(5):058002, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30811349.
18. Yepes P, Adair A, Frank SJ, Grosshans DR, Liao Z, Liu A, Mirkovic D, Poenisch F, Titt U, Wang Q, Mohan R. Fixed- versus variable-RBE computations for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. Advances in Radiation Oncology 13(4):156-167, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
19. Nantavithya C, Gomez DR, Wei X, Komaki R, Liao Z, Lin SH, Jeter M, Nguyen QN, Li H, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Zhu XR, Balter PA, Feng L, Choi NC, Mohan R, Chang JY. Phase 2 Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Body Proton Therapy for High-Risk, Medically Inoperable, Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 101(3):558-563, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29680255.
20. Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Zhang X, Li Y, Lii M, Li H, Gautam AS, Wu R, Gillin M, Zhu XR. 3D treatment planning system—Varian Eclipse for proton therapy planning. Medical Dosimetry 43:184-194, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
21. Yepes P, Adair A, Grosshans D, Mirkovic D, Poenisch F, Titt U, Wang Q, Mohan R. Comparison of Monte Carlo and analytical dose computations for intensity modulated proton therapy. Phys Med Biol 63(4):045003, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29339570.
22. Cao W, Khabazian A, Yepes PP, Lim G, Poenisch F, Grosshans DR, Mohan R. Linear energy transfer incorporated intensity modulated proton therapy optimization. Phys Med Biol 63(1):015013, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29131808.
23. Wang X, Li Y, Zhang X, Li H, Miyazaki K, Fujimoto R, Akiyama H, Gillin MT, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Grosshans D, Gunn B, Frank SJ, Wang P, Lang J, Hou Q, Zhu XR. Synchrotron-Based Pencil Beam Scanning Nozzle with an Integrated Mini-Ridge Filter: A Dosimetric Study to Optimize Treatment Delivery. Cancers (Basel) 9(12), 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29236051.
24. Wang X, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Zhu RX, Lii M, Gillin MT, Li J, Grosshans D. Spot scanning proton therapy minimizes neutron dose in the setting of radiation therapy administered during pregnancy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 17(5):6327, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27685136.
25. Suzuki K, Palmer MB, Sahoo N, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Mackin DS, Liu AY, Wu R, Zhu XR, Frank SJ, Gillin MT, Lee AK. Quantitative analysis of treatment process time and throughput capacity for spot scanning proton therapy. Med Phys 43(7):3975, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27370116.
26. Li Y, Niemela P, Liao L, Jiang S, Li H, Poenisch F, Zhu XR, Siljamaki S, Vanderstraeten R, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Zhang X. Selective robust optimization: A new intensity-modulated proton therapy optimization strategy. Med Phys 42(8):4840, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26233211.
27. Strom EA, Amos RA, Shaitelman SF, Kerr MD, Hoffman KE, Smith BD, Tereffe W, Stauder MC, Perkins GH, Amin MD, Wang X, Poenisch F, Ovalle V, Buchholz TA, Babiera G, Woodward WA. Proton partial breast irradiation in the supine position: Treatment description and reproducibility of a multibeam technique. Pract Radiat Oncol 5(4):e283-90, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25804105.
28. Li H, Zhang X, Park P, Liu W, Chang J, Liao Z, Frank S, Li Y, Poenisch F, Mohan R, Gillin M, Zhu R. Robust optimization in intensity-modulated proton therapy to account for anatomy changes in lung cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 114(3):367-72, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25708992.
29. Chang JY, Li H, Zhu XR, Liao Z, Zhao L, Liu A, Li Y, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Gomez DR, Wu R, Gillin M, Zhang X. Clinical Implementation of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Thoracic Malignancies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 90(4):809-818, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25260491.
30. Grosshans DR, Zhu XR, Melancon A, Allen PK, Poenisch F, Palmer M, McAleer MF, McGovern SL, Gillin M, DeMonte F, Chang EL, Brown PD, Mahajan A. Spot scanning proton therapy for malignancies of the base of skull: treatment planning, acute toxicities, and preliminary clinical outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 90(3):540-6, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25304948.
31. Shao Y, Sun X, Lou K, Zhu XR, Mirkovic D, Poenisch F, Grosshans D. In-beam PET imaging for on-line adaptive proton therapy: an initial phantom study. Phys Med Biol 59(13):3373-3388, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24874943.
32. Gomez DR, Poenisch F, Mohan R. In reply to Mihaildis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 88(3):754, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24521687.
33. Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Li H, Zhang X, Sahoo N, Wu RY, Li X, Lee AK, Chang EL, Choi S, Pugh T, Frank SJ, Gillin MT, Mahajan A, Grosshans DR. A single-field integrated boost treatment planning technique for spot scanning proton therapy. Radiat Oncol 9:202, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25212571.
34. Mackin D, Li Y, Taylor MB, Kerr M, Holmes C, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Li H, Lii J, Amos R, Wu R, Suzuki K, Gillin MT, Zhu XR, Zhang X. Improving spot-scanning proton therapy patient specific quality assurance with HPlusQA, a second-check dose calculation engine. Med Phys 40(12):121708, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24320494.
35. Gomez DR, Poenisch F, Pinnix CC, Sheu T, Chang JY, Memon N, Mohan R, Rozner MA, Dougherty AH. Malfunctions of implantable cardiac devices in patients receiving proton beam therapy: incidence and predictors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 87(3):570-5, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24074931.
36. Dhanesar S, Sahoo N, Kerr M, Taylor MB, Summers P, Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Gillin M. Quality assurance of proton beams using a multilayer ionization chamber system. Med Phys 40(9):092102, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24007171.
37. Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Lii M, Sawakuchi GO, Titt U, Bues M, Song X, Zhang X, Li Y, Ciangaru G, Li H, Taylor MB, Suzuki K, Mohan R, Gillin MT, Sahoo N. Commissioning dose computation models for spot scanning proton beams in water for a commercially available treatment planning system. Med Phys 40(4):041723, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23556893.
38. Li H, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Li Y, Li X, Zhang X, Lee AK, Gillin MT, Zhu XR. Use of treatment log files in spot scanning proton therapy as part of patient-specific quality assurance. Med Phys 40(2):021703, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23387726.
39. Sawakuchi GO, Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Ciangaru G, Titt U, Anand A, Mohan R, Gillin MT, and Sahoo N. Experimental characterization of the low-dose envelope of spot scanning proton beams. Phys Med Biol 55:3467-3478, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
40. Amsbaugh MJ, Zhu XR, Palmer M, Poenisch F, McAleer MF, Mahajan A, Grosshans DR. Spot scanning proton therapy for craniopharyngioma. Pract Radiat Oncol 2(4):314-318, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 24674170.
41. Archambault L, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Robertson D, Lee A, Gillin MT, Mohan R, Beddar S. Verification of proton range, position and intensity in IMPT with a 3D liquid scintillator detector system. Med Phys 39(3):1239-1246, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22380355.
42. Anand A, Sahoo N, Zhu XR, Sawakuchi GO, Poenisch F, Amos RA, Ciangaru G, Titt U, Suzuki K, Mohan R, Gillin MT. A procedure to determine the planar integral spot dose values of proton pencil beam spots. Med Phys 39(2):891, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22320798.
43. Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Song X, Johnson JL, Ciangaru G, Taylor MB, Lii M, Martin C, Arjomandy B, Lee AK, Choi S, Nguyen QN, Gillin MT, Sahoo N. Patient-specific quality assurance for prostate cancer patients receiving spot scanning proton therapy using single-field uniform dose. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 81(2):552-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21300457.
44. Archambault L, Briere TM, Pönisch F, Beaulieu L, Kuban DA, Lee A, Beddar S. Toward a real-time in vivo dosimetry system using plastic scintillation detectors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 78(1):280-287, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20231074.
45. Sawakuchi GO, Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Ciangaru G, Titt U, Anand A, Mohan R, Gillin MT, Sahoo N. Experimental characterization of the low-dose envelope of spot scanning proton beams. Phys Med Biol 55(12):3467-78, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20508318.
46. Fiedler F, Shakirin G, Skowron J, Braess H, Crespo P, Kunath D, Pawelke J, Pönisch F, Enghardt W. On the effectiveness of ion range determination from in-beam PET data. Phys Med Biol 55(7):1989-1998, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20224157.
47. Gillin MT, Sahoo N, Bues M, Ciangaru G, Sawakuchi G, Poenisch F, Arjomandy B, Martin C, Titt U, Suzuki K, Smith AR, Zhu XR. Commissioning of the discrete spot scanning proton beam delivery system at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Proton Therapy Center, Houston. Med Phys 37(1):154-63, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20175477.
48. Beddar S, Archambault L, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Chen GT, Gillin MT, Mohan R. Exploration of the potential of liquid scintillators for real-time 3D dosimetry of intensity modulated proton beams. Med Phys 36(5):1736-1743, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19544791.
49. Pönisch F, Archambault L, Briere TM, Sahoo N, Mohan R, Beddar S, Gillin MT. Liquid scintillator for 2D dosimetry for high-energy photon beams. Med Phys 36(5):1478-1485, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19544763.
50. Gillham C, Zips D, Pönisch F, Evers C, Enghardt W, Abolmaali N, Zöphel K, Appold S, Hölscher T, Steinbach J, Kotzerke J, Herrmann T, Baumann M. Additional PET/CT in week 5-6 of radiotherapy for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer as a means of dose escalation planning?. Radiother Oncol 88(3):335-, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18514339.
51. Pönisch F, Richter C, Just U, Enghardt W. Attenuation correction of four dimensional (4D) PET using phase-correlated 4D-computed tomography. Phys Med Biol 53(13):N259-68, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18562779.
52. Fiedler F, Priegnitz M, Jülich R, Pawelke J, Crespo P, Parodi K, Pönisch F, Enghardt W. In-beam PET measurements of biological half-lives of 12C irradiation induced beta+-activity. Acta Oncol 47(6):1077-86, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18770062.
53. Kry SF, Titt U, Followill D, Pönisch F, Vassiliev ON, White RA, Stovall M, Salehpour M. A Monte Carlo model for out-of-field dose calculation from high-energy photon therapy. Med Phys 34(9):3489-99, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17926952.
54. Kry SF, Titt U, Pönisch F, Vassiliev ON, Salehpour M, Gillin M, Mohan R. Reduced neutron production through use of a flattening-filter-free accelerator. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(4):1260-4, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17637397.
55. Kry SF, Titt U, Pönisch F, Followill D, Vassiliev ON, White RA, Mohan R, Salehpour M. A Monte Carlo model for calculating out-of-field dose from a varian 6 MV beam. Med Phys 33(11):4405-13, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17153419.
56. Titt U, Vassiliev ON, Pönisch F, Kry SF, Mohan R. Monte Carlo study of backscatter in a flattening filter free clinical accelerator. Med Phys 33(9):3270-3273, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17022221.
57. Titt U, Vassiliev ON, Pönisch F, Dong L, Liu H, Mohan R. A flattening filter free photon treatment concept evaluation with Monte Carlo. Med Phys 33(6):1595-1602, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16872067.
58. Pönisch F, Titt U, Vassiliev ON, Kry SF, Mohan R. Properties of unflattened photon beams shaped by a multileaf collimator. Med Phys 33(6):1738-1746, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16872081.
59. Vassiliev ON, Titt U, Pönisch F, Kry SF, Mohan R, Gillin MT. Dosimetric properties of photon beams from a flattening filter free clinical accelerator. Phys Med Biol 51(7):1907-1917, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16552113.
60. Vassiliev ON, Titt U, Kry SF, Pönisch F, Gillin MT, Mohan R. Monte Carlo study of photon fields from a flattening filter-free clinical accelerator. Med Phys 33(4):820-827, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16696457.
61. Pönisch F, Titt U, Kry SF, Vassiliev ON, Mohan R. MCNPX simulation of a multileaf collimator. Med Phys 33(2):402-4, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16532947.
62. Parodi K, Pönisch F, Enghardt W. Experimental study on the feasibility of in-beam PET for accurate monitoring of proton therapy. IEEE Trans. Med. Img 52:778-786, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
63. Pönisch F, Parodi K, Hasch BG, Enghardt W. The modelling of positron emitter production and PET imaging during carbon ion therapy. Phys Med Biol 49(23):5217-5232, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15656273.
64. Enghardt W, Parodi K, Crespo P, Fiedler F, Pawelke J, Pönisch F. Dose quantification from in-beam positron emission tomography. Radiother Oncol 2(73 Suppl):S96-8, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15971319.
65. Enghardt W, Crespo P, Fiedler F, Hinz R, Parodi K, Pawelke J, Pönisch F. Charged hadron tumour therapy monitoring by means of PET. Nucl. Instr 525:284-288, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
66. Pönisch F, Enghardt W, Lauckner K. Attenuation and scatter correction for in-beam positron emission tomography monitoring of tumour irradiations with heavy ions. Phys Med Biol 48(15):2419-36, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12953907.
67. Enghardt W, Debus J, Haberer T, Hasch BG, Hinz R, Jäkel O, Krämer M, Lauckner K, Pawelke J, and Pönisch F. Positron emission tomography for quality assurance of cancer theapy with light ion beams. Nucl. Phys A654:1047c-1050c, 1999. e-Pub 1999.

Review Articles

1. Zhu, XR, Hojo, Y, Chen, M, Alsanea, FM, Poenisch, F, Li, Y, Yang, M, Zhang, X, Whitaker, TJ, Sahoo, N. Advancements in Accelerator and Beam Delivery Technology. Cancer J 32(2), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41880266.
2. Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Zhang X, Li Y, Lii M, Li H, Gautam AS, Wu R, Gillin M, Zhu XR. 3D treatment planning system-Varian Eclipse for proton therapy planning. Med Dosim 43(2):184-194, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29753334.
3. Zhu XR, Li Y, Mackin D, Li H, Poenisch F, Lee AK, Mahajan A, Frank SJ, Gillin MT, Sahoo N, Zhang X. Towards effective and efficient patient-specific quality assurance for spot scanning proton therapy. Cancers (Basel) 7(2):631-47, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25867000.

Abstracts

1. Zhu M, Poenisch F, Zhao Y, Bai X, Yoon SW, Schott DM, Titt U, Mohan R, Yepes PP. Applying a Proton Procedure of Optimizing Spot Weight and Ridge Filter to Single-Energy Carbon Pencil Beam. 68th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition. e-Pub 2026.
2. Netherton TJ, Aggarwal A, Alakayleh Q, Beadle BM, Brooks C, Burger H, Cardenas CE, Celaya A, Chacko SM, Chung CV, Douglas R, El Basha MD, Frank S, Fuentes D, Hassanzadeh C, Helbrow J, Hoskin P, Khan MS, Kroiss M, Leone AO, Lin L, Mumme R, Miles E, Nguyen CM, Nguyen Q, Olanrewaju AM, Parameshwaran JA, Pollard-Larkin JM, Poenisch F, Shah SJ, Sosa AJ, Tang C, Yu ZH, Zhang L, Edward L. AI-Powered Radiotherapy for Resource-Limited Settings: Advancing Cervical and Prostate Cancer Treatment Planning with the Radiation Planning Assistant. 68th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition. e-Pub 2026.
3. Wang Q, Zhu M, Poenisch F, Zhao Y, Bai X, Yoon SW, Schott DM, Titt U, Mohan R, Yepes PP. Combining Scanning Spot Weight Optimization with Ridge Filter Design for Single-Energy Proton Pencil Beam. 68th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition. e-Pub 2026.
4. Alsanea F, Hunter R, Poenisch F, Whitaker TJ, Lee A, Gunn G, Phan J, Wang H. Feasibility study of using intensity modulated proton therapy for head and neck stereotactic radiation therapy. Radiation Physics Research and Clinical Development Meeting, MD Anderson Cancer Center. e-Pub 2025.
5. Tavernier S, Bugalho R, Caramelo F, Cesar J, Crespo P, Da Silva J, L Ferramacho L, N Ferreira N, P Gonçalves P, Grosshans D, Jesus B, Klein K, Lang K, Layden C, Leong C, Matava W, Mozorov A, Poenisch F, Proga M, Sahoo N, Seco J, Simões H, Silva R, Silveira M, Varela J. Positron Emission Tomography for proton range verification in proton radiation therapy. IEEE Nucl Sci Symp. e-Pub 2022.
6. M El Basha M, Q Nguyen Q, D Fuentes D, J Pollard-Larkin J, F Poenisch F, Z Yu Z, S Frank S, C Cardenas C, C Nguyen C, A Olanrewaju A, C Tang C, A Aggarwal A, S Shah S, L Court L. Automated Pipeline for Prostate AutoContouring and VMAT Planning. AAPM Annual Meeting, Washington DC 2022 49(6):4144, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
7. F Alsanea F, T Williamson T, F Poenisch F, R Martin R, S Beddar S, G Sawakuchi G, L Perles L, E Ludmir E, A Koong A, P Das P, C Taniguchi C, E Koay E, J Niedzielsk J. Feasibility of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Treating Pancreatic Cancer Using a Hypofractionated Approach. AAPM Annual Meeting, Washington DC 2022 49(6):4206, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
8. Wang Q, Poenisch F, Titt U, Mohan R, Yepes P. Implementation of a Track-Repeating Fast Monte Carlo Method for the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center II -. AAPM 64th Annual Meeting & Exhibition 49(6):4205, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
9. Wang L, Poenisch F, Sanders J, Sahoo N, Zhu XR, Ma J, Choi S, Nguyen QN, Mok H, Tang C, McGuire SE, Hoffman KE, Shah SJ, Frank SJ. The Dosimetric Effect of MRI Positive-Contrast Markers vs. Negative-Contrast Fiducial Markers on Proton Radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 111(3):e129-e130, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
10. Sahoo N, Gautam A, Poenisch F, Williamson T, Zhang X, Li Y, Li H, Wi R, Gillin M, Grosshans D, Zhu X. Treatment Planning Strategies to Mitigate the Range and RBE Uncertainties in Proton Therapy for Targets in the Brain. AAPM Annual Meeting , San Antonio, TX June 2019 46(6), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
11. Chen M, Yepes, P, Poenisch F, Li Y, Xu C, Checn J, Sahoo N, Li H, Zhu X, Zhang X. Impact of Dose Calculation Engine On Field Patching in Spot Scanning Proton Therapy. AAPM Annual Meeting , San Antonio, TX June 2019 46(6):2876, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
12. Chen M, Yepes, P, Cao W, Poenisch F, Li Y, Xu C, He X, Checn J, Sahoo N, Li H, Zhu X, Zhang X. LET-Guided Planning Strategies for Localized Prostate Cancer in Proton Therapy. AAPM Annual Meeting , San Antonio, TX June 2019 46(6), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
13. Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Martin C, Zhu XR, Zhang X, Wu R, Mayo L, Shah S, Rosenthal DI, Garden AS, Fuller CD, Frank SJ, Gunn GB. Quantification and verification of skin dose for patients with head and neck cancer receiving intensity modulated proton therapy. PTCOG 58 Annual scientific Meeting 2019, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
14. Martin R, Williamson T, Yepes P, Colbert L, Poenisch F, Mirkovic D, Titt U, Mohan R, Beddar S, Taniguchi C, Sawakuchi G. Hypofractionated Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 2018:2736, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
15. RMartin, TWilliamson, PYepes, FPoenisch, MMelkun, UTitt, DMirkovic, SBeddar, RMohan, EHolliday, GSawakuchi. Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) for Anal Canal Cancer. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 2018:2763, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
16. PYepes, AAdair, UTitt, DMirkovic, QWang, FPoenisch, SFrank, ZLiao, RMohan. Fixed- Versus Variable-RBE Computations for Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 2018:2752, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
17. DPatel, FPoenisch, NSahoo, XZhu, MGillin, MJanson, RMohan, UTitt. Evaluation of a Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Dose Model for a Commercial Treatment Planning System. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 2018:2736, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
18. FPoenisch, PRoemhild, NSahoo, MGillin, XZhu. Smearing Parameter for Smooth Compensator in Passive Scattering Proton Therapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 2018:2736, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
19. Kohno R, Cao W, Yepes P, Poenisch F, Grosshans D, Mohan R. Pilot Study of Multi-Field Optimized (MFO) IMPT Dose Distributions Using Fixed and Variable Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) Models for Brain Cancer. Medical Physics 44(6):2850, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
20. Cao W, Khabazian A, Lim G, Yepes P, Poenisch F, Grosshans D, Mohan R. Including Linear Energy Transfer in the Objective Function for IMPT Optimization. Medical Physics 44(6):3277, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
21. Briere TM, Poenisch F, Rebeuno N, Hillebrandt E, Sutton J, Yang JN, and Mahajan A. Robustness of Craniospinal Treatment Plans with Superior-Inferior Deviations in Isocenter Separation. SIOP 2016, Dublin, Ireland, October 2016, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
22. Briere TM, Poenisch F, Levy L, and McAleer MF. Late Renal Effects Related to the Abdominal Radiation of Pediatric Patients. SIOP 2016, Dublin, Ireland, October 2016, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
23. Li H, Wu R, Poenisch F, Zhang L, Palmer M, Gautam A, Sahoo N, Zhang X, Balter P, Gillin M, Gunn B, Frank S, Zhu X. Clinical Implementation of in Room Mobile CT for Image Guided Proton Therapy. Med. Phys. 43, 3451 (2016), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
24. Poenisch F, Gillin M, Sahoo N, Martin C, Zhu R. Daily QA Analysis for Spot Scanning Beamline. Med. Phys. 43, 3499 (2016), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
25. Li Y, Gautam A, Kerr M, Martin C, Poenisch F, Zhang X, Li H, Wu R, Zhu X, Gillin M, Sahoo N. Study of Dosimetry Accuracy of Small Passively Scattered Proton Beam Fields. Med. Phys. 43, 3362 (2016), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
26. Wu R, Crowford C, Georges R, Liu A, Amin M, Sio T, Gunn B, Poenisch F, Palmer M, Gillin M, Frank S, Zhu X. Systematic Constraining of Contralateral Parotid Gland Led to Improved Dosimetric Outcomes for Multi-Field Optimization with Scanning Beam Proton Therapy: Promising Results From a Pilot Study in Patients with Base of Tongue Carcinoma. Med. Phys. 43, 3506 (2016), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
27. Li Y, Li H, Keranen W, Tuomaala S, Sahoo N, Peonisch F, Zhang X, Vanderstraeten R, Gillin MT Zhu XR. Proton dose delivery tracking system using Eclipse Scripting API. PTCOG 55, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
28. Sahoo N, Rath A, Poenisch F, Zhang X, Liu W, Zhu X, Gillin M. Design of a novel radiation therapy regimen based on the analysis of factors affecting its efficacy for biologically heterogeneous tumor targets. Medical Physics International Journal, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
29. Frank S, Garden A, Rosenthal D, Morrison W, Gunn B, Fuller C, Phan J, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Wu R, Li H, Gautam A, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Zhu X. Is MFO-IMPT Robust Enough for the Treatment of Head and Neck Tumors? A 2- Year Outcome Analysis Following Proton Therapy On the First 50 Oropharynx Patients at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. AAPM Annual Meeting 2015, Med Phys 42, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
30. McInnis M, Taylor P, Poenisch F, Court L, Guindani M, Followill D. Uncertainties in Treatment Planning for IROC-Houston Proton Phantom QA Program Due to Variable CT Technique and Proton Energy. AAPM Annual Meeting 2015, Med Phys 42, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
31. Poenisch F, Barnett F, Li Y, Eley J, Zhu XR, Gillin M. Commissioning of Apertures in Proton Scanning Beam. PTCOG Meeting 2015, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
32. Lou K, Mikovic D, Sun X, Zhu X, Poenisch F, Grosshans D, Clark J, and Shao Y. Intra-Fraction Proton Beam-Range Verification with PET Imaging: Feasibility Studies with Monte Carlo Simulations and Statistical Modeling. AAPM Annual Meeting, Med Phys 41:174, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
33. Sahoo N, Zhu X, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Li H, Wu R, Lii M, Umfleet W, Gillin M, Mahajan A, and Grosshans D. Analysis of the Impact of Range and Setup Uncertainties On the Dose to Brain Stem and Whole Brain in the Passively Scattered Proton Therapy Plans. AAPM Annual Meeting, Med Phys 41:340, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
34. Mackin D, Zhang X, Li Y, Li H, Wu R, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Kerr M, Holmes C, Zhu X, Sahoo N, and Gillin M. Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy Patient-Specific Quality Assurance: Our Methodology and Results From 295 Treatment Plans. AAPM Annual Meeting, Med Phys 41:429, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
35. Park P, Matney J, Mohan R, Zhu X, Dong L, Li H, Cheung J, Sahoo N, Yang J, Poenisch F, Liu W. Perturbation of Tissue Density Is An Important Metric to Be Considered When Planning for Respiratory Motion Management for Lung Proton Therapy. Medical Physics 40(6):MO-D-108-09, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
36. Shao Y, Sun X, Lou K, Zhu X, Mirkovic D, Poensich F, Grosshans D. In-Beam PET Imaging with Depth-of-Interaction Measurement for Accurate Proton Beam-Range Verification. Medical Physics 40(6):WE-G-500-3, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
37. Dhanesar S, Sahoo N, Kerr M, Taylor M, Summers P, Alvarez P, Wu R, PoensichF, Zhu X, Gillin M. Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Plans with Multiple Fields for Prostate Cancer. Medical Physics 40(6):SU-E-T-403, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
38. Sahoo N, Dhanesar S, Poenisch F, Lii M, Li H, Zhang X, Amos R, Wu R, Gillin M, Zhu X. Application of a Semi-Empirical Formula to Determine Spread Out Bragg Peak Factors and Range Shifter Factors From Measured Depth Dose Curves for Passively Scattered Proton Beams. Medical Physics 40(6):SU-E-T-04, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
39. Mackin D, Zhang X, Li Y, Taylor M, Kerr M, Holmes C, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Li H, Amos R, Wu R, Suzuki K, Gillin M, Zhu R. Improving Spot Scanning Proton Therapy Patient-Specific Quality Assurance Through Early Application of Second-Check Dose Calculation Software. Medical Physics 40(6):SU-E-T-157, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
40. Poenisch F, Kerr M, Zhu XR, Sahoo N, Dhanesar S, Titt U, Suzuki K, Mohan R, Gillin MT. Measurement of the effect of apertures in proton scanning beam. PTCOG 52 Meeting 2013, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
41. Mirkovic D, Shao Y, Poenisch F, Zhu XR. Monte Carlo System for In-beam PET Dose Verification. PTCOG 52 Meeting 2013, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
42. Dhanesar S, Kerr M, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Zhu F, Gillin M. Quality assurance of depth dose distributions of patient treatment fields with the Zebra multilayer ionization chamber system. PTCOG 52, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
43. Gillin M, Poenisch F, s D, Stoker J, Summers P, Sahoo N, Zhu X. Spot Scanning QA Experience at PTC H with the Radiological Physics Center's (RPC) Anthropomorphic Phantoms. PTCOG 52, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
44. Park P, Matney J, Mohan R, Zhu X, Li H, Cheung J, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Yang J, Liu W. Development of tumor motion analysis tool for proton lung treatment planning. PTCOG 52 Meeting 2013, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
45. Gomez D, Dougherty A, Poenisch F, Pinnix C, Mohan R, Iliescu C, Gillin M, Zhu XR, Cox, J, Rozner M. Incidence and dosimetric characteristic of device resets in patients treated with proton therapy. PTCOG 51, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
46. Gillin, M, Zhu R, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Taylor B, Li H, Holmes C, Suzuki K, Lee A, Frank S. IMPT Experience at PTC H. PTCOG 51 Meeting 2012, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
47. Tsunashima, Y, Sahoo N, Sakae T, Poenisch F, Umezawa M, Mohan R, Zhu R, Dong L. Experimental Evaluation of Respiratory Gated Spot Scanning Beam Delivery. PTCOG 51 Meeting 2012, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
48. Zhu R, Poenisch F. Development of an efficient and effective patient specific QA program for IMPT. PTCOG 51, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
49. Kazumichi S, Taylor MB, Holmes CE, Poenisch F, Wu R, Johnson JE, Oliver JP, Zhu XR, Sahoo N, Gillin MT. Time Required for Patient Specific Quality Assurance and Treatment for IMPT Head & Neck Patients. PTCOG 51, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
50. Grosshans, DR, Zhu, X R, Palmer M, Poenisch F, McAleer MF, Chang EL, Brown PD, Gillin M, Mahajan A. Spot scanning proton therapy for malignancies of the base of skull: early experience at MD Anderson. PTCOG 51, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
51. Tsunashima Y, Sahoo N, Sakae T, Poenisch F, Umezawa M, Briere T, Zhu X, Mohan R, and Dong L. Achievability and optimzation of synchroton-based respiratory gated spot scanning proton beam delivery. AAPM Annual Meeting 2012, Med Phys 39:3795, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
52. Dhanesar S, Sahoo N, Taylor M, Song X, Poenisch F, summer P, Li H, Zhu XR, and Gillin M. Evaulation of Zebra multi-layer ionization chamber system for patient treatment field and machine QA for spot scanning and passive scattering proton beams. AAPM Annual Meeting 2012, Med Phys 39:3613, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
53. Zhu X, Li H, Li Y, Lii M, Taylor M, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Frank S, Gillin M, and Sahoo N. Development of an efficient and effective patient specific QA program for IMPT. AAPM Annual Meeting 2012, Med Phys 39:3600, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
54. Yoshikazu T, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Umezawa M, Briere TM, Zhu XR, Mohan R, and Dong L. Experimental evaluation of the interplay effect and motion management by respiratory gating in synchrotron-based spot scanning proton beam delivery. ASTRO Meeting 2012, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84(3):S54-S55, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
55. Sahoo N, Dhanesar SK, Song X, Poenisch F, Lii M, Li H, Amos R, Wu R, Gillin MT, and Zhu XR. Determination of spread out bragg peak factors and range shifter factors from measured depth dose curves for passively scattered proton beams. ASTRO Meeting 2012, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84(3):S849, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
56. Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Taylor MB, Grosshans DR, Frank SJ, Lii M, Wu R, Zhang X, Gillin M, Zhu XR. Verification of Multi-field Optimized Proton Pencil Beam Treatment Plans. ASTRO Meeting 2011, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
57. Summers P, Followill D, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Tucker S, Gillin M, Riley B, Ibbott G. Development of An Anthropomorphic Head Phantom for the Assessment of Proton Therapy Treatment Procedures. AAPM Meeting 2011, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
58. Sahoo N, Anand A, Martin C, Ciangaru G, Poenisch F, Li H, Gillin M, Zhu X. Study of the Effect of the Optical Density to Dose Conversion Calibration Curves On the Measurement of Transverse Lateral Dose Profiles of Proton Beams Using Kodak XV Films. AAPM Meeting 2011, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
59. Anand A, Sahoo N, Zhu X, Titt U, Sawakuchi G, Li Y, Poenisch F, Amos R, Suzuki K, Ciangaru G, Mohan R, Gillin M. Scanned Proton Pencil Beam's Lateral Profile Library to Describe the Spot Dose Characteristics. AAPM Meeting 2011, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
60. Tsunashima Y, Poenisch, F, Li, H, Zhu R, Balter P, Sahoo N, Mohan R, Dong L. Dosimetric Characterization of Motion Effect in Delivering Uniform Target Dose Distribution Using Scanning Proton Beams. AAPM Meeting 2011, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
61. Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Grosshans DR, Frank SJ, Zhang X, McAleer MF, Garden AS, Wu R, Amin MV, Palmer MB, Taylor MB, Lii MF, Lee AK, Mohan R, Gillin MT, Zhu RX. Clinical implementation of intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT). PTCOG 50 Meeting 2011, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
62. Sahoo N, Ciangaru G, Sawakuchi G, Anand A, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Mohan R, Gillin M, Zhu XR. Study of the magnitude of detector size effect in the measured lateral profiles of proton pencil beam spots. AAPM Annual Meeting, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
63. Robertson D, Poenisch F, Archambault L, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Mohan R, Beddar S. Liquid scintillator dosimetry for passive scattering proton beam quality assurance. AAPM Annual Meeting, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
64. Anand A, Sahoo N, Zhu XR, Sawakuchi G, Poenisch F, Amos R, Suzuki K, Mohan R, Gillin M. A technique to determine the integral depth dose of proton Pencil Beam spots. AAPM Annual Meeting, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
65. Polf J, Poenisch F, Peterson SW, Wilkins J, Rozner MA, Balter P. Perturbations to proton dose delivery due to high-voltage leads from implanted cardiac devices. Med. Phys, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
66. Archambault L, Poenisch F, Polf J, Robertson D, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Mohan R, Beddar S. A 3D liquid scintillator detector system for intensity modulated proton therapy: online measurements of proton spots intensity. AAPM Annual Meeting, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
67. Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Martin CL, Zhu XR, Gillin MT. Daily QA for protons using a multi-array ion chamber. AAPM Annual Meeting, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
68. Pollard J, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Zhu XR, Gillin M. Verification of the accuracy of the proton range compensator scatter factor and dose within inhomogeneity calculations using the eclipse treatment planning system. AAPM Annual Meeting, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
69. Archambault L, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Mohan R, Beddar S. A 3D system for spatial localization of scanned proton beams: characterization and experimental validation. Med. Phys 36:2776, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
70. Najmaei S, Poenisch F, Beddar S, Briere TM. Evaluation of a generalized contrast enhancement protocol for 4D-CT imaging of liver tumors. Med. Phys 36:2436, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
71. Sawakuchi G, Titt U, Mirkovic D, Zhu XR, Sahoo N, Bues M, Ciangaru G, Poenisch F, Suzuki K Arjomandy B, Gillin M, Mohan R. Validation of an MCNPX Monte Carlo model of a discrete-spot scanning beam nozzle and evaluation of the beamlet lateral envelope of low doses. Med. Phys 36:2782, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
72. Zhu XR, Titt U, Bues M, Sahoo N, Ciangaru G, Sawakuchi G, Poenisch F, Lii M, Zhang X, Li Y, Arjomandy B, Suzuki K, Mohan R, Gillin M. Configuration and validation of a single Gaussian dose model for scanning proton beams. Med. Phys 36:2666, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
73. Poenisch F, Archambault L, Briere T, Gillin M, Beddar S. Liquid scintillation detector system for real-time IMRT quality assurance. Med. Phys 36:2608, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
74. Archambault L, Briere T, Posnisch F, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Toward a true real-time in vivo dosimetry system using plastic scintillators. Med. Phys 36:2709, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
75. Richter C, Hoinkis C, Just U, Poenisch F, Woithe J, ENghardt W. A Comparison of CT-based attenuation correction strategies for PET data of moving structures. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium(M10-52), 2008. e-Pub 2008.
76. Archambault L, Beddar S, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Gillin M, Mohan R. Experimental proof and feasibility of a 3D real-time detector system for therapeutic proton beams. Med. Phys 35:2905, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
77. Poenisch F, Archambaulta L, Briere T, Sahoo N, Beddar S, Mohan R, Gillin M. Liquid scintillators for 2D photon dosimetry. Med. Phys 35:2904, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
78. Arjomandy B, Gillin M, Zhu XR, Sahoo N, Ciangaru G, Bues M, Poenisch F, Ding X. A 2D ion chamber array detector as a QA device for spot scanning proton beams. Med. Phys 35:2904, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
79. Gillin M, Zhu XR, Sahoo N, Bues M, Ciangaru G, Arjomandy B, Poenisch F. Dosimetry characteristics of the discrete spot scanning proton beam at PTCH. Med. Phys 35:2746, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
80. Titt U, Vassiliev ON, Poenisch F, Kry SF, Mohan R. Monte Carlo simulation of backscatter in a flattening filter free clinical accelerator. Med Phys 33(9):3270-3273, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17022221.
81. Poenisch F, Titt U, Vassiliev ON, Kry SF, Mohan R. Properties of unflattened photon beams shaped by a multi leaf collimator. Med. Phys 33:2131, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
82. Kry SF, Vassiliev ON, Kuban D, Poenisch F, Salepour M, GIllin M, Mohan R, Titt U. Treatment planning study of prostate cancer IMRT with a flattening filter free accelerator. Med. Phys 33:2146, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
83. Tavernier S, Lang K, Crespo P, Varela V, Poenisch F, Grosshans D. Real-time in-beam Positron Emission Tomography for proton-range verification in proton radiation therapy. IEEE NSS-MIC conference 2021.
84. Yepes P, Wang Q, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Mohan R. Are we using the best possible treatment plans?.
85. Li Y, Sahoo N, Zhu XR, Whitaker TJ, Poenisch F. Review of a Newly Established Efficient and Effective Pencil Beam Scanning (PBS) Proton Daily Quality. Assurance (DQA) Program after One Year of Clinical Operation. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
86. Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Mikhalev V, Terakado Y, Li Y, Janson M, Zhu X. Improvement of delivery time using dose driven continuous scanning proton pencil beam of a Hitachi machine. PTCOG-NA 11th Annual Meeting.
87. Sahoo N, Li Y, Niedzielski J, Poenisch F, Zhang X, Zhu X. Feasibility of lattice based spatially fractionated proton therapy for high dose treatment of brain targets: A case study. PTCOG-NA 11th Annual Meeting.

Book Chapters

1. Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Gillin MT. Chapter 3: Clinical Commissioning of Pencil Beam Scanning for Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy. In: Proton Therapy. 1. Elsevier, 26, 2020.
2. Gautam AS, Wu R, Zhu, XR, Poenisch F. Chapter 4: Immobilization and Simulation. In: Proton Therapy. 1. Elsevier, 45, 2020.
3. Woodward WA, Poenisch F, Hoffman KE. Chapter 8: Proton Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer. In: Proton Therapy. 1. Elsevier, 116, 2020.
4. Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Li H, Yoshifumi H. Chapter 6: Physics Quality Assurance. In: Proton Therapy. 1. Elsevier, 80, 2020.
5. Sahoo N, Gautam AS, Poenisch F, Zhu XR, Li H, Zhang X, Wu R, Beddar S, Gillin MT. Chapter 28: In Vivo Dosimetry for Proton Therapy. In: Principles and Practice of Proton Beam Therapy. Medical Physics Publishing, Inc, 795-818, 2015.
6. Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Li H, Zhang X, Sahoo N, Gillin M. Chapter 9: Field Shaping: Scanning Beam. In: Principles and Practice of Proton Beam Therapy. Medical Physics Publishing, Inc, 209-228, 2015.
7. Li H, Giebler A, Dong L, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Gillin MT, Zhu XR. Chapter 23: Treatment Planning for Passive Scattering Proton Therapy. In: Principles and Practice of Proton Beam Therapy. Medical Physics Publishing, Inc, 647-666, 2015.

Patents

1. Liquid scintillator for 3D dosimetry for radiation modalities. Patent Number: 9,029,760.